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Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon. (www.bbc.com)
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This has nothing to do with RCS from what I read on the article. It looks like the UK wants to be able to tell companies to disable security features such as End to End Encryption so that they can view the messages.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Isn't WhatsApp super popular in the EU as a whole? Like to the point where EVERYONE uses it? What does the UK have to say about that? It's apparently E2EE, right?

Curious why WhatsApp isn't in trouble.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It is, they've made similar threats if this law goes though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Whatsapp is under the same rules and has said they'd leave too.. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/08/whatsapp-could-disappear-uk-over-privacy-concerns-ministers-told

But although it's popular it's nowhere near everyone using it.. I have about 2 whatsapp contacts and one of those is a mailing list. Most people I know use FB messenger. A few signal.. It really depends on who your friend groups are..